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LotRO could be the next 'World of Warcraft' says Turbine's Steefel
Massively — ... are as powerful as code or quests in this field. Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel fired another salvo in a recent interview with Eurogamer, saying that he sees the company's Lord of the Rings Online as the next big mass-market MMO success story. Tie-ins with the upcoming Hobbit movie, the company's aggressive patching schedule, and the Mines of Moria expansion all have the game poised, Steefel thinks, for blowout popularity. In that lengthy discussion with Eurogamer, Steefel also hinted at big changes coming to ...

The state of LotRO
Tobold's MMORPG Blog — That pipeweed must be powerful stuff, because other than what he was smoking I can't find a good explanation for Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel claiming that Lord of the Rings Online will be the next big thing in mass-market MMO successes. Thanks, Jaxom, for alerting me to that article. ...

Amusing quote of the day
Funcom...riddle me this.. — ... "There's another level of success, which is reaching a certain mass-market critical mass, which to be totally fair, only Blizzard has achieved completely so far," Steefel said in an interview published today. ...

My Take on Steefel
Pumping Irony — ... Yesterday’s interview with LOTRO Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel over at EuroGamer has provoked several “WTF?” blog and forum posts, mostly due to what I perceive as misreading and sensationalism based on this sentence: ...

My Take on Steefel
Pumping Irony — ... Yesterday’s interview with LOTRO Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel over at EuroGamer has provoked several “WTF?” blog and forum posts, mostly due to what I perceive as misreading and sensationalism based on this sentence: ...

LOTRO news around the web!
Lord of the Rings Online Vault - The Ultimate Resource — ... great article with Exec Producer Jeffrey Steefel Will LOTRO have what it takes to stand up to WoW? Turbine thinks so! (along with the rest of us here at LOTRO Vault!). A good read all around. Want to level quickly in LOTRO? ...

Coming Soon to PvMP Near You
Pumping Irony — ... really important that players know that at the end of the day we believe that this is a world game, a PvE game, the best of its kind. We’re not going to do anything to destroy that in any way. The story is always going to be predominant. But I think there’s a way to weave the two together when we get to the more martial parts of middle earth. Also, the launch in Asia exposes us to a lot of players who really, really, really love Monster Play and want more of it. Source We always said that when we got across the Misty Mountains and ...

Coming Soon to PvMP Near You
Pumping Irony — ... really important that players know that at the end of the day we believe that this is a world game, a PvE game, the best of its kind. We’re not going to do anything to destroy that in any way. The story is always going to be predominant. But I think there’s a way to weave the two together when we get to the more martial parts of Middle Earth. Also, the launch in Asia exposes us to a lot of players who really, really, really love Monster Play and want more of it. Source We always said that when we got across the Misty Mountains ...